Pi de les tres branques Pino de las tres ramas | |
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Species | Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) |
Location | Pla de Campllong, Castellar del Riu, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
Coordinates | 42°06′38″N 1°46′55″E / 42.110531°N 1.781891°E |
Website | official record |
Pi de les tres branques (Catalan: [ˈpi ðə ləs ˈtɾɛz ˈβɾaŋkəs]; meaning "the three-branched pine") is a dead pine tree located in the countryside near the town of Berga in north-central Catalonia, Spain. It has long been regarded by some Catalan nationalists as representing the unity of the three "Catalan Countries" and is the site of regular political-cultural gatherings.
The tree has been dead since 1915 and is in poor structural condition, due in part to politically-motivated vandalism, but there is a very similar living tree a short distance away known as Pi jove de les tres branques ("the young three-branched pine"), which is regarded as its successor. Both are protected as "monumental trees" by the Catalan Generalitat.